Osmium - Fingerprints

United Kingdom, 2013, 6min.

What do a person's hands reveal about them? Helmie Stil's intimate short 'Fingerprints' was filmed in a Dutch prison in Houten, exploring the stories of the prisoners through the hands, which committed the crimes. As prisoners arrive, fingerprints are taken and inmates discuss how it feels to be locked up away from the world. 'Fingerprints' was made as part of the 94 Elements project and takes the element osmium, used in detecting fingerprints at crime scenes, as its starting point.